Soaping device



2]. V'AUDREUIL.

VSOWING'DEVlC-E.

APLlcATloN FILED Nqv 5,192.0.

Patented June 6,1922..

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ATTORNEY WITNESSES .IoHN vAUnREUIL, OE MILWAUKEE, wIsooiIsIN, pAs'sIGNoR To SANITARY msn- ,raras lorries.

WASHING MACHINE COMPNY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION 0F WISCONSIN.

ToaZZ w komst may cbncervi:

Be .it known that I, JOHN VAUDREITIL, a citizen of .the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukeeand State of llvisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soaping Devices, ot which thet'ollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,-which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to Soaping devices for dishwashing machines The object of the invention to provide a Soaping device acting automatically to supply the dishwashing machine with a charge ot' soap f water, the soap being discharged from die device by turning the supply water on and off.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter described and more particularly deiined by claims at the conclusion hereof. i

Inthe drawings; Fig. 1 is a view ot' the deviceJ embodying the. invention applied to a dishwashing machine;. Fig. 2 is a vertical supply 6 and a pipef connects sectional View through the device.

In the drawings the numeral 3 designates a dishwashing machine to which washing water is conveyed by a pipe- 4. A pipe 5 connects pipe 4 with a source of cold water A pipe .4 with a source of hot water supply 8. Valves 9 and 10 control the passage of water throughA the A'pipes 5 and 7 4respectively- The dishwashing machine is here shown mounted on a sink 11 and the supply pipes and 8 have faucets 12 and 13. connected thereto.`

A coupling member 14 has threaded engagement with the upper end of the pipe 4 at one end and threaded engagement with the base portion 15 ota soap receptacle 16 at its upper end. Tlie'coupling member 14 is provided with an inwardly extending Harige 17 forming a seat l 8 Jfor a ball' valve 19. This valve may be of metal, glass. vitrified clay or wood.

The base .portion 15 has a.central'ly disposed passage 2() comm'unicating'with the interior of the coupling and a valve seat 2l at the lower end' bf this passage. The upper end ofthis passage is threaded to receive a tube 28.

The tube 23 is threaded at its upper end 24to receive a nut 25 which clamps a glass shell 26l between the base 15 anda cap 27 Specification of Letters Patent.

- soAPINe DEVICE sneed June e, i922.'

.Appiieatinn mea November e, i920. seriai No. 422,351.

engaged by said nut, suitablewashers 28 being interposed between `the edges of the glass and capl27and base -15.

Thetube 23 is'providedl with .a plurality of openings 29 near its lower end. openings 30 intermediate its ends and openings 31- near itsupper end.'` The tube acts'asa distributor for thewater entering the soap receptacle, preferably from the hot water supply.

When water is admitted to the pipe 4 it .lifts the valve I9 and some of it enters the soap receptacle where it comes in contact iviththe soap therein, which may befsoap, chips or semi-liquid orliquid soap. As the valve l9 lifts, due to the water pressure, it is moved into engagement with the vseat 21, thereby shutting 0H the passage 'of water to.

the soap receptacle. During the time of is' Shut off from the machine the valve 19 l drops down to the seat18and the soap solution then fills the space or chamber 32 above the valve. When the water supply is again turned on and ofi some of this soap solution s l above the valve will be carried down below it and into the pipe 4 and thence to the machine, the ball itself assisting in ejecting the soap solution into the pipe 4. Thus, `a turning on'and oil' of the watersupply serves to.

eject a charge of soap solution intothe pipe 4 from whence it` passes to the machine along with the water in said pipe to fur iish soapy water for washing the dishes. After -the charge of soaphas been carried throughl the pipe 4 continued fiow. ofthe clear water holds the valve 1'9' to its upper seat 21 .and the clear water'enteis the machine to rinse the dishes. y s lVhat .I claim as my invention is: 1. The combination, with the pipe for conducting water to adishwashing machine, ot a lsoap receptacle `communicating with said pipe, and avalve-controlling the pashaving two closing positions. and being movable between said positions to permit and assist in the passage of soap solution into said pipe when the water supply.v is y turned on and off. i l 2. The combination7 withl the 4pipe' for conducting water to a dishwashng machine, of a soap receptacle communicating' with said pipe including a distributor tube, and

`a valve controlling the` passage of water 'to said receptacle, said valve having two clos- *ing positions Aand being movable between passage of water' to said receptacle, said` valve having two closing positions and being movablebetween said positions to permit and assist in the passage of soapy water into said pipe when the water supply is turned on and ofi.-

4. The combination, with the pipe for conducting water to a dishwashing machine, of a soap receptacle and a passage between vsaid receptacle and pipe, said passage including a chamber having valve seats in its to'p andA bottom, a valve 1n said ,chamber movable between said seats on an increase.

or decrease in pressure of the water in said pipe, said valve permitting and assisting in the passage of soap `from said receptacle into said pipe.

The combination, with the pipe for conducting water to a' dishwashing machine, of a soap receptacle and apassage between said receptacle and pipe, said passage including a chamber having valve seats in its top and bottom, a ball valve in said chamber movable between said seats on an increase or ldecrease in the pressure of the water in said pipe, and a distributortube connected to said passage and projecting into said Iso soap receptacle, said tube having'lengthwise spaced openings.

6. rThe combination, with a supply pipe, of a soap receptacle and a passage between said receptacle andpipe, said passage in cluding'a chamber having a valve seat at its upper end and a lower valve engaging portion, la valve in saidchaniber movable between said seat and the-lower end of the chamber on an increase or decrease in 'pres-v sure of the water in said pipe, said valve permitting and assisting inthe passage of soap from said receptacle into said pipe.

ln testimony whereof, lwaffx ;my signature.

JOHNJ vanne-Enit. 

